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Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute

Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute
Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute is located in North Carolina
Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute
Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute is located in the US
Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute
Location 629 W. Rock Spring St., Henderson, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°20′18″N 78°24′9″W / 36.33833°N 78.40250°W / 36.33833; -78.40250Coordinates: 36°20′18″N 78°24′9″W / 36.33833°N 78.40250°W / 36.33833; -78.40250
Area less than one acre
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 95001399
Added to NRHP November 29, 1995

Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson Institute is a historic school building located at Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1928, and is a plain, two-story brick building with Colonial Revival style design elements. It is the only surviving reminder of the Henderson Institute that was established in the town of Henderson in Vance County in 1887. The Henderson Institute was established by the Freedmen's Mission Board of the United Presbyterian Church of North America to provide secondary education for African-Americans. The building houses the Henderson Institute Historical Museum.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.



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